diff --git a/src/app/organization/organizationPeopleInviteController.js b/src/app/organization/organizationPeopleInviteController.js
index d41c6c6625..80114e8261 100644
--- a/src/app/organization/organizationPeopleInviteController.js
+++ b/src/app/organization/organizationPeopleInviteController.js
@@ -72,8 +72,10 @@
                 }
             }
 
+            var splitEmails = model.emails.trim().split(/\s*,\s*/);
+
             $scope.submitPromise = apiService.organizationUsers.invite({ orgId: $state.params.orgId }, {
-                email: model.email,
+                emails: splitEmails,
                 type: model.type,
                 collections: collections,
                 accessAll: model.accessAll
diff --git a/src/app/organization/views/organizationPeopleInvite.html b/src/app/organization/views/organizationPeopleInvite.html
index 0c34af9799..d67d28fa03 100644
--- a/src/app/organization/views/organizationPeopleInvite.html
+++ b/src/app/organization/views/organizationPeopleInvite.html
@@ -15,8 +15,9 @@
             </ul>
         </div>
         <div class="form-group" show-errors>
-            <label for="email">Email</label>
-            <input type="email" id="email" name="Email" ng-model="model.email" class="form-control" required api-field />
+            <label for="emails">Email</label>
+            <input type="text" id="emails" name="Emails" ng-model="model.emails" class="form-control" required api-field />
+            <p class="help-block">You can invite up to 20 users at a time by comma separating a list of email addresses.</p>
         </div>
         <h4>User Type</h4>
         <div class="form-group">